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73 lag' lis was also cedar-bark. | X imsElilEla came out carrying the red 

 cedar-bark armlets of | ALotEmdalag'ils when she danced the last 



75 time accompanying her four songs. || And X'imsElilEla spoke, and 

 said, "0 friend | K!wak!wabalas! now you have seen what will be 

 your treasure. Now this | great wintci'-dance house shall go to you, 

 and you shall have everything that you have seen | done by these 

 here. Now, this (dance) aLaq Ism shall go to you ; and your | name 

 shall be ALotEmdalag'ils, when you are captured by whomever j'ou 



80 Uke, when || you show yourself to the tribes; and your dress shall be 

 the same as the dress of | ALotEmdalag'ils — hemlock-branches, with 

 which she was first caught in the | morning; and when 3'ou again 

 dance in the evening, then wear | red cedar-bark mixed with white. 

 Now it is yours, and you shall change your name. | Your name shall 



85 be no more K!wak!wabalas, but your name shall be || Gwaexsdaas; 

 and this is difficult about the great dance. When you first | show 

 the masks of our forty friends, | you must give winter dances for 

 four years in succession and show them; | and after j-ou have given 



90 winter dances for four winters, then | you must burn the masks || of 

 our friends, that thej^ may all come back; and | if you do not do 

 this, if you do not burn the masks, you | will have misfortune. And 

 when you wish to give a winter dance, after | having burned the 



73 Wa, he-'mis g^ax ^wi-'la daa.x"s XimsElilEla L!aL!EgEkidas ALotEm- 

 dalagilsaxs alae g'ax yixwasa mosgEme q'.EmqiEmdEmas. Wii, 



75 la^lae yaqlEg'a^le X'lmsElilEla. Wa, la4ae ^nek'a: "Wa, qast, 

 K!wak!wabalas, la-'mas doqulaxes LogweLos. Wa, la'mox liiLa 

 ^walasex ts!agats!e gok" laL LE^wis layos 'naxwa dox^waLEla- 

 xEnu^x" gwegwalag'ili-lasa. Wii, laEui lal laLxa aLaqlEm. Wa, las 

 LegadElts ALotEmdalagils qaso k'Emyaso^LO yises gwE^yuLaos qa^s 



SO ne^lasLos laxwa lelqwiilaLa^yax. Wii, hcEniLEs gwiilaLe gwiilaasas 

 ALotEuidalag'Usax q Iwaq luxElakwaaxs g'alae g'ax kimyanEmaxa 

 gaiila. Wii, g iPmese et!ed jaxwaxa ganoLaxs liigas qEX'^aLElag'a 

 LleLlagEkuk" ^niElmiiqEla liiq. Wii, laEm hosL. Wit, lannets L!a- 

 yoxLaL5l, laEms gwid LegadEs K!wak!wabalase, laEms LegadEs 



85 Gwaexsdaase. Wii, g'a^mes liixwalayosa ^wiilasex leda yixs gil- 

 'meLaqos uel^idiimasex yaexumlasEn ^ne-uEmokwexa mosgEuig-us- 

 ta,we. Wii, mox^unxelatlaLEs -'na^nelela yawix'ilal qa nel-'edaats. 

 Wa, g'iPmesEs gwiilxa la m6p!Ena yiiwixilaxa mox^iinxe, wii, g^Il- 

 ^mets gwiil kwexElaxa ganoLaxs laaqos ^wi^la lEqwilax'^idxox yae- 



90 xumiaxsEns ^ne^nEmokwex qa g-axesox ^wl^la aedaaqa laq". Wa, 

 qas^o k'les he gwex^^idELe lax 'wi^la lEqwilaxwa yaexumlex liiLES 

 a^me^lasn6x"L6L Wii, g'ilnnets ^nex' qa-'s yiiwix'ilaos alagEwexs 

 hiLex ^wi^la lEqwilaxox yaexumtaxsEns ^ne^nEmokwex aEmlwIts 



